Al-Amal Neighborhood Obsolesced Buildings Necessarily Renovated to Meet the United Nations Habitat Density Standard.

Abstract

The United Nation Habitat adopts the use of a density standard of one fifty people per hectare as a model. From a design viewpoint, the dense urban areas offer a suitable shade for passers-by in the streets. Building renovation and remodeling improve the living space, each with its own set of benefits. Their differences help in choosing either of them for buildings best suits the client. Renovation updates the perception of just one space or the whole building without changing its intended purpose required for urban development in the context of this research. This consideration limited to residential, commercial, and mixed used building being the majority and most significant building types, for people’s well-planned settlement and social and economic growth. To come out with recommendations for the renovation of residential, commercial, and mixed used buildings, Hail City’s Al-Amal neighborhood chosen as a case study in which these three types of buildings necessitating renovation to counterbalance the imbalanced population density recommended by United Nation Habitat. The methodology depends on the theoretical aspect, this approach based on the statistical study and analysis of the residential, commercial, and mixed used building and their urban sprawl, urban zone, and urban density to reach at such impact on the United Nation Habitat recommended standard. To end up the research and conclude by a practical field statistical studies and analyses exemplifying the residential, the commercial and mixed used buildings requiring renovation opting for the recommended population density the United Nation Habitat calls for.